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Re: [ARSCLIST] Chinese copies- slang
...and from Webster's:
Main Entry: Chinese copy
Function: noun
: an exact imitation or duplicate *that includes defects* [!] as well as
desired qualities
Asterisks are my own.
Aaron Z
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> From the OED:
>
> *Chinese copy*, a precise drawing of a structure, piece of
> apparatus, etc., made from its appearance only without other
> information; a slavishly exact copy (see also quot. 1920); **